Chapter Summaries

Meng Tianzheng learned to purify the Dark Matter in flesh from the Foreign Realm, letting Emperor City’s people benefit from the powerful meat. The city’s Saint King awakened, and his power transformed and healed the Descendants of the Seven Kings.

• Meng Tianzheng tasted roasted Foreign Realm meat and sensed that it contained Unknown Matter, while Meng Chuan explained its dangers.
• Meng Chuan gave Meng Tianzheng, the Descendants of the Seven Kings, and the Heavenly Desolate Halberd a method for purifying Dark Matter.
• Meng Tianzheng used the method to cleanse the Unknown Matter from Undying-level flesh, and Emperor City’s people ate the refined meat.
• Emperor City shook as its runes activated, and a surge of power came from the small mountain where the Saint King resided.
• The Saint King awakened, restoring the Descendants of the Seven Kings’ limbs and Dao foundations, returning their youth, and raising their potential.

Meng Chuan used a pill from the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable to heal the Saint King, who awakened as a Peak Immortal King. With the Saint King's return and Meng Tianzheng's breakthrough, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands gained new strength, though the Saint King chose to remain hidden from the Foreign Realm.

• Meng Chuan explained that a healing pill Meng Qi obtained from the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable, rather than Longevity Immortal Medicine alone, had awakened the Saint King and empowered Emperor City’s descendants.
• The Saint King emerged fully healed and had advanced to the rank of Peak Immortal King.
• The Heavenly Desolate Halberd introduced Meng Chuan and Meng Tianzheng to the Saint King, who learned of Meng Chuan’s deeds and felt deeply indebted to him.
• The Saint King's return and Meng Tianzheng's breakthrough gave the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands the strength to resist the Foreign Realm more effectively.
• The Saint King decided to keep his existence secret because the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands remained too weak to face the Foreign Realm at full strength.

Meng Chuan and the Saint King arranged for the Saint King to guard the Primordial Imperial City while Meng Chuan took the Emperor City children to a safer home. As Meng Tianzheng brought the children to their kin in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, the Sun God Tree in his Cave Abode released a Supreme aura across Immeasurable Heaven.

• Meng Chuan taught the Saint King Secret Techniques and left him to control the Heavenly Abyss and defend the Primordial Imperial City.
• Meng Chuan and the others took the Emperor City children to Immeasurable Heaven, where they marveled at its living landscape.
• Meng Chuan decided the children should live among their kin in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, and Meng Tianzheng agreed to take them there.
• Meng Chuan gave Meng Tianzheng proof of his authority and explained to the children that their people lived beyond the city.
• The children agreed to meet their kin, and Meng Tianzheng set off with them for the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
• The Sun God Tree in Meng Tianzheng's Cave Abode shook, releasing a Supreme aura that spread across Immeasurable Heaven.

Qingjing returned to the Supreme Realm and prepared to travel to the Border Wasteland to kill Foreign Realm Supremes and prove her commitment to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. Meng Chuan stayed behind to cultivate, then considered how to obtain the Gu Race fragments needed for his Ten Fiend Spirit Bodies.

• Qingjing returned to the Supreme Realm, and Meng Chuan welcomed her before she announced her plan to visit the Border Wasteland and kill Foreign Realm Supremes.
• Meng Chuan advised Qingjing to prioritize her safety, then arranged for her to travel with Meng Tianzheng and Kunpeng's Son while he remained in Immeasurable Heaven.
• Meng Tianzheng returned after confirming the Descendants of the Seven Kings were being treated well in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
• Meng Chuan reflected on his progress toward Dunyi and the Supreme Realm, as well as the unfinished Ten Fiend Spirit Bodies.
• Meng Chuan realized the Gu Race had moved to the Foreign Realm and decided he would need to pull off a heist to obtain its fragments.

Meng Chuan watched the Heavenly God Academy's selection and observed how fear and insecurity had warped the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. He realized that many factions were sending disciples to the academy to get close to him and Meng Tianzheng, and was left annoyed by the young women recruited to court him.

• Meng Chuan reflected on the realm's troubled state and the Heavenly Prodigies who might never live long enough to fulfill their potential.
• He noticed that the Longevity Aristocratic Families and Supreme Sects were sending far more disciples to the Heavenly God Academy than in the original course of events.
• Meng Chuan concluded that the factions hoped their disciples would gain guidance from Meng Tianzheng or inherit his teachings.
• A group of prominent young women discussed their hopes of winning Meng Chuan's attention, while some revealed they were already betrothed or married.
• Meng Chuan overheard their conversation and resented that the factions had sent married women to try to tempt him.

Meng Chuan drew Heavenly God Academy’s students and teachers to his trial lecture, where they marveled at his rapid cultivation and asked whether they could become like him. He encouraged them to pursue their own limits and ended by saying anyone could become his disciple if they defeated his Heir.

• Heavenly God Academy invited Meng Chuan to deliver a trial lecture as students and teachers gathered to hear him.
• The crowd discovered Meng Chuan had reached the Late Self-Slaying Realm and wondered how soon he would enter the Dunyi Realm.
• Meng Chuan told a young woman that she could not cultivate as quickly as he did, but urged everyone to pursue their own potential through healthy competition.
• When a student asked if he could become Meng Chuan’s disciple, Meng Chuan said he could if he defeated his Heir.

Meng Chuan taught Heavenly God Academy’s students the Supreme-level Bifang Treasure Technique and announced that his heir would eventually arrive to face them. Meanwhile, Shi Hao traveled to Emperor Pass for the academy’s trial, witnessed the threat from the Foreign Realm, and found no trace of Meng Chuan.

• Meng Chuan invited the young prodigies to challenge his heir, promising to take the victor as his disciple and guarantee a chance at immortality.
• Meng Chuan taught the students the Bifang Treasure Technique, then vanished after the lesson.
• Shi Hao and other prodigies traveled to Border Wasteland Emperor Pass as part of Heavenly God Academy’s admission trial.
• Shi Hao saw Emperor Pass and learned about the clashes with the Foreign Realm, which made him understand the crisis more deeply.
• Shi Hao searched for news of Meng Chuan at Emperor Pass but found none and wondered where Uncle Meng had gone.

Shi Hao was sent to Emperor Pass’s Punishment Ground instead of the Heavenly God Academy after officials punished him for earlier clashes. Qingjing learned of the wrongful confinement and demanded an investigation, warning that the outcome had to satisfy her and Yuan.

• Shi Hao and the other Heavenly Prodigies prepared to leave Emperor Pass for the Heavenly God Academy, but the Ancient Teleportation Array sent Shi Hao to a Punishment Ground.
• Shi Hao realized the confinement stemmed from killing corrupt Heavenly God cultivators and offending powerful Heavenly Prodigies, and vowed to one day gain enough backing to throw his weight around.
• Qingjing arrived at the array and discovered that Shi Hao had been sent to a Punishment Ground where he could be trapped for roughly a hundred years.
• Qingjing told the old Supreme that Shi Hao called her Aunt, prompting him to investigate the orders and question everyone involved.
• After hearing their accounts, Qingjing warned that she expected an outcome that satisfied her and Yuan.

After the officials who framed Shi Hao were punished, Qingjing chose to let him escape the ancient hall on his own. Shi Hao emerged quickly, but the Teleportation Array’s guardian forced him toward the Primordial Ancient Mine before learning that a Supreme backed him.

• The old Supreme reported the punishments to Qingjing, who asked about the ancient hall and ordered that Shi Hao be left there to find his own way out.
• Qingjing told Meng Chuan, who trusted that Shi Hao could escape and used their connection to follow his progress.
• Shi Hao emerged from the ancient hall and met the Teleportation Array’s guardian, who demanded that he enter the Primordial Ancient Mine to retrieve Life Stones.
• Shi Hao agreed to the demand under threat of death, and Meng Chuan watched him enter the mine without intervening.
• The guardian received news that Shi Hao had a Supreme backing him and was left livid.

After Shi Hao was forced into the Primordial Ancient Mine, Meng Chuan reassured Qin Hao that Shi Hao was safe and had found an opportunity there. Qin Hao explained how he had received Shi Hao’s second Supreme Bone, then told Meng Chuan that Shi Hao was getting married soon to more than one bride.

• The man who forced Shi Hao into the Primordial Ancient Mine realized he might have made a fatal mistake and contacted others for help.
• The Three Thousand Dao Provinces Heavenly Prodigies arrived at the Heavenly God Academy and learned that Shi Hao had been forced into the forbidden mine.
• Qin Hao asked Meng Chuan to save Shi Hao, and Meng Chuan reassured him that Shi Hao was safe and that he would keep watch over him.
• Meng Chuan noticed Qin Hao had two Supreme Bones, and Qin Hao explained that Shi Hao had removed his second bone and given it to him after attempts to pass it to Shi Qingfeng and Huo Ling'er failed.
• Qin Hao told Meng Chuan that Shi Hao was getting married soon and appeared likely to have more than one bride, prompting Meng Chuan to ask for details.

Meng Chuan learned that Shi Hao was engaged to Huo Ling'er and heard Qin Hao's account of powerful newcomers in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces. After Qin Hao brought Qing Yi and others to Meng Chuan's attention, Meng Chuan ordered the Heavenly God Academy elders to imprison Yuan Qing.

• Qin Hao told Meng Chuan that Shi Hao was engaged to Huo Ling'er, while his relationships with the other prospective brides remained unsettled.
• Qin Hao reported that the Taiyang Daoist, the Taiyin Daoist, and their mysterious leader had defeated him and could even overpower Shi Hao.
• Qin Hao reassured Cao Yusheng, the Taiyin Rain Rabbit, and Qing Yi that Shi Hao was safe and that Meng Chuan was watching over him.
• Meng Chuan invited Qin Hao to bring the others to his next lecture, and the White Qilin stopped struggling when it sensed him.
• Meng Chuan sent a voice transmission to the Heavenly God Academy elders and ordered them to imprison Yuan Qing.

Meng Chuan responded to the attempt against Shi Hao and considered how little time remained before the end of the Current Era. Huo Ling'er arrived at the Heavenly God Academy with the Forbidden Zone Lord and his companions, then learned they had brought her to meet Meng Chuan.

• The Heavenly God Academy elders went to find Yuan Qing after Meng Chuan demanded an explanation for the attack on Shi Hao.
• Huo Ling'er arrived at the Heavenly God Academy with Hongri, Hongyue, and the Forbidden Zone Lord, who told her to take part in the disciple selection.
• The story recalled how Shi Hao had left Huo Ling'er beneath the Fire Mulberry Tree and how she had agreed to wait for him.
• The Forbidden Zone Lord and his companions had taken Huo Ling'er from the Three Thousand Dao Provinces after Hongyue knocked her unconscious and left a letter in Meng Chuan's name.
• Huo Ling'er regained her senses before Meng Chuan, where the Forbidden Zone Lord greeted him as Brother Yuan.

Meng Chuan revealed to Huo Ling'er that he had arranged for the Forbidden Zone Lord and his companions to train Shi Hao by fighting him, and to bring her to Heavenly God Academy. Huo Ling'er embraced the secret and left to join the academy's disciple selection, confident that Meng Chuan's stake there would secure her admission.

• The Forbidden Zone Lord told Meng Chuan that he had completed both tasks, including bringing Huo Ling'er to Heavenly God Academy and repeatedly sparring with Shi Hao.
• Meng Chuan told Huo Ling'er that he had ordered the three experts to fight Shi Hao so he would keep improving, and explained that they had grown up with him in Stone Village and were reincarnated elders.
• Huo Ling'er agreed to keep the secret and became eager to tease Shi Hao now that she understood why the three experts fought him.
• Meng Chuan told Huo Ling'er she could not pass the selection through her own strength but would enter the academy because he had a stake in it.
• Huo Ling'er hurried out to take part in Heavenly God Academy's disciple selection.

Huo Ling'er passed the Heavenly God Academy’s selection and made her way toward Qin Hao and the others, while Meng Chuan arranged for the Forbidden Zone Lord and his attendants to join the academy as special guest students. Hongri began challenging the academy’s Heavenly Prodigies, and the elders were soon drawn into the turmoil.

• Huo Ling'er passed the disciple selection and headed through the Heavenly God Academy in search of Qin Hao and the others.
• Meng Chuan invited the Forbidden Zone Lord, Hongri, and Hongyue to stay at the academy as special guest students, and the Forbidden Zone Lord accepted on the condition that Meng Chuan teach him.
• Meng Chuan urged Hongri to be more arrogant before sending the three into the academy without revealing their connection to him.
• Hongri insulted the assembled Heavenly Prodigies, then quickly suppressed one of them and defeated others as the Three Thousand Dao Provinces group watched.
• The Taiyin Jade Rabbit hoped the academy’s prodigies would be beaten, while the baby Qilin hid from the Forbidden Zone Lord.
• Hongri’s rampage alarmed the academy’s elders, and Meng Chuan watched with satisfaction as the Evil Forces swept through the academy.

Hongri, Hongyue, and the Forbidden Zone Lord crushed Heavenly God Academy’s prodigies and later dominated the other two academies as well. Meanwhile, a bright-eyed young man traveled toward Heavenly God Academy, confident that his connections would make him its Young Academy Master.

• Hongri mocked the defeated prodigies and scolded Huo Ling'er and her companions for watching instead of fighting, while Huo Ling'er openly praised his strength.
• Qin Hao told a Nine Heavens prodigy that the trio had beaten the Three Thousand Dao Provinces too, leaving the man baffled by how many powerful figures came from that remote region.
• The trio stayed within Heavenly God Academy and its allied academies, defeated more prodigies, and spent their time visiting Meng Chuan and discussing cultivation as their strength continued to rise.
• A young man with ordinary features learned that many people were heading to Heavenly God Academy hoping to become prodigies’ followers, but he expected his connections to secure him the position of Young Academy Master.

Shi Hao arrived at Heavenly God Academy in disguise, expecting a grand welcome and planning to reveal his identity, but a beautiful student mistook him for a potential servant. The chapter ended with her telling him to follow her and pull her carriage.

• Shi Hao traveled toward Heavenly God Academy while brooding over Meng Chuan's deception about his talent and accomplishments.
• Shi Hao saw candidates gathered outside the academy and learned that two cultivators with two streams of Immortal Qi had missed their enrollment deadline and were challenging disciples for an exception.
• Shi Hao claimed to be the academy's foremost Heavenly Prodigy, but the crowd laughed at him.
• Shi Hao pushed to the front to reveal his identity, but a beautiful student chose him as a servant and assigned him to pull her carriage.
• Shi Hao stared at the woman in disbelief and asked whether she was speaking to him.

Shi Hao returned to Heavenly God Academy, revealed himself as Desolate, and called on Meng Chuan for help entering after missing enrollment. Meng Chuan declared Shi Hao his Heir but required him to defeat a Core Disciple, and Shi Hao’s confidence faltered when the Forbidden Zone Lord appeared.

• Shi Hao declined Princess Yueyue’s offer to choose him as a follower and explained that he had missed Heavenly God Academy’s enrollment deadline.
• After learning from Qin Hao that Meng Chuan was at the academy, Shi Hao restored his true face, announced himself as Desolate, and reunited with Huo Ling'er, Qin Hao, the Taiyin Jade Rabbit, and Cao Yusheng.
• Shi Hao challenged the academy’s rules and loudly called for Uncle Meng to welcome him.
• Meng Chuan announced that Desolate was his Heir and told Shi Hao he had to defeat a Core Disciple before the elders would decide whether to admit him.
• Shi Hao confidently accepted the challenge, then froze when he saw the Forbidden Zone Lord and his two companions emerge from the academy.

Shi Hao discovered that the Heavenly God Academy’s prodigies wanted to defeat him for a chance to become Meng Chuan’s disciple and enter the Immortal Dao Domain. Surrounded by challengers, he declared that everyone outside the Three Thousand Dao Provinces who wanted to fight him was a weakling.

• Shi Hao and Qin Hao spotted the Forbidden Zone Lord and his companions at the Heavenly God Academy, despite their earlier refusal to attend.
• Qin Hao explained that Meng Chuan would accept whoever defeated Shi Hao as a disciple and guarantee that person entry into the Immortal Dao Domain.
• Green Tuo, Feng Xingtian, and other famous Heavenly Prodigies challenged Shi Hao, hoping to claim the opportunity.
• Shi Hao accepted the challenge and declared that every challenger from outside the Three Thousand Dao Provinces was a weakling he could crush.
• Deep within the academy, Meng Chuan heard Shi Hao’s boast and wondered whether Shi Hao had any original lines.

Shi Hao overwhelmed the Heavenly God Academy’s Nine Heavens prodigies, leaving the academy’s students and elders stunned by his strength. As the fight continued, Hongri and Hongyue declined to challenge him, and the decision on whether he could enter despite missing the deadline was left to Meng Chuan and Meng Tianzheng.

• Shi Hao defeated the Nine Heavens’ Heavenly Prodigies one after another, displaying strength that astonished Heavenly God Academy.
• Qin Hao cheered for Shi Hao and challenged the glaring prodigies, while the crowd learned that Shi Hao, Qin Hao, and Shi Yi were kin.
• Shi Yi watched Shi Hao silently, and the chapter noted how the Primordial Double-Pupiled Woman’s guidance had changed his character.
• Onlookers tried to provoke Hongri and Hongyue into stopping Shi Hao, but Hongri refused and said Shi Hao might make the academy more interesting.
• Heavenly God Academy’s elders debated whether to admit Shi Hao despite the missed deadline, then acknowledged that Meng Chuan and Meng Tianzheng would decide.

Shi Hao won approval to enter the Heavenly God Academy despite missing the deadline, with Meng Chuan and Meng Tianzheng backing the exception. As he entered with Huo Ling'er and the others, Huo Ling'er let slip that she had expected Daoist Taiyang and the others to attack him, arousing Shi Hao's suspicion.

• Shi Hao asked the Heavenly God Academy elders to let him enroll, and Meng Chuan told them to follow the rules they had set.
• Meng Tianzheng appeared, praised Shi Hao, and declared that he could enter the academy.
• The academy made an exception for Shi Hao, while the other late-arriving Heavenly Prodigies had to wait for later tests.
• Shi Hao led Huo Ling'er, Qin Hao, and the others toward the academy, boasting to Huo Ling'er about his performance.
• Huo Ling'er wondered aloud why Daoist Taiyang and the others had not attacked Shi Hao, prompting him to question whose side she was on.